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  • Asia's fading economic miracle
    Policy brief by George Magnus, 11 January 2013
    Asia's fading economic miracle
  • US foreign policy after the presidential election: What should Europeans expect?
    Policy brief by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 25 October 2012
    US foreign policy after the presidential election
  • Russia needs a plan for modernising its economy
    Insight by Charles Grant, 06 November 2012
    Russia's economy
  • Turkey, the EU and the Mediterranean uprisings
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 16 March 2011

    The revolts in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya have brought home to many people that Turkey has become a force to be reckoned with in this region. Turkey enjoys lots of credibility in the Arab world. It has burgeoning trade ties and solid political relations with many Middle Eastern and Mediterranean countries.
  • What should NATO’s new strategic concept say about Russia?
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 09 March 2011

    Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, NATO has strived to reduce mutual suspicions with Russia and to build a more co-operative relationship. So it is vexing that 20 years on, Russia continues to view NATO as a hostile alliance.
  • Stopping the transatlantic rift
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    International Herald Tribune, 26 January 2011

    You might call it the Obama paradox: Atlanticists on both sides of the ocean were certain that this president, inaugurated two years ago, would renew the transatlantic alliance.
  • The midterm elections, Europe and US foreign policy
    Bulletin article by Tomas Valasek, 01 October 2010

    Though Barack Obama remains popular in Europe, he has his detractors there, particularly among foreign policy professionals.

  • India's response to China's rise
    Policy brief by Charles Grant, 17 August 2010

    India and China, rising powers in the same part of the world, have much in common – but mistrust each other. Many Indians are nervous about the growth of Chinese power.

  • The US-China 'reset': An opportunity for the EU
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 02 August 2010

    Europe faces few bigger questions than how to handle China. Recent shifts in the Washington-Beijing relationship, together with changes in the EU itself, give the Europeans a chance to rethink their own relations with China.
  • Is China being beastly to foreign investors?
    Insight by Charles Grant, 30 July 2010

    When I visited China a year ago, I was struck by the strong feeling among many foreign firms there that the business environment was getting tougher. Western businessmen complained, in particular, about discrimination against foreigners.

  • Who is winning Eastern Europe's great game?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 19 July 2010

    The US is withdrawing from the former Soviet space; the European Union struggles to be taken seriously there. Does that leave Russia free to strengthen its influence in the countries around its borders? Not necessarily, for the situation in the region is complex.